 Green,
gently rolling pastures and pine forests. The Midlands is
genteel and olde worlde with art and craft galleries and
antique shops. Battles were fought here amongst the Boer,
British and Zulu impis. The Midlands is a good gateway to
the Drakensburg, Lesotho and the Wild Coast.
Where to stay
Richmond
A quiet farming community with a English county atmosphere.
Visit the 80m Qunu or ‘thunder’ falls in the
Qunu Forest Reserve. (1 Hostel)
Pietermaritzburg
The traveller often wrongly overlooks Pietermaritzburg.
It is genteel and historic. Mahatma Gandhi began his legal
apprenticeship here. It is also a good place to begin any
adventures into the 'olde worlde' Midlands region and the
uKhahlamba Drakensberg World Heritage Site.
Pietermaritzburg is the starting or ending point of the
Comrades Marathon – a gruelling 90km raced between
here and Durban on 16 June. ( 2 Hostels)
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